Published in

Elsevier, Journal of Crystal Growth, 1(314), p. 97-103

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.11.059

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Epitaxial Mn-doped ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy

Journal article published in 2011 by Z. Yang ORCID, Z. Zuo, H. M. Zhou, W. P. Beyermann, J. L. Liu
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Red circle
Postprint: archiving forbidden
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

A growth window for the Mn effusion cell temperature (TMn) is demonstrated for epitaxial Mn-doped ZnO (MnZnO) thin films grown on sapphire substrates using molecular-beam epitaxy. Within the growth window, the films are ferromagnetic with the largest saturated magnetization occurring at TMn=700 °C. The Curie temperature of these MnZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor thin films is above room-temperature. The ferromagnetism is weakly anisotropic. Well-resolved near-band-edge photoluminescence emissions dominate the spectra at both low- and room-temperatures. No evident spin polarization on the carriers was detected with the magneto-photoluminescence studies. Magnetoresistance and anomalous Hall effects of the MnZnO thin films were studied. The anomalous Hall coefficient shows a quadratic dependence on the resistivity.